Blaffer Art Museum
University of Houston · Houston, Texas
The Blaffer Art Museum is the contemporary art museum of the University of Houston, presenting rotating exhibitions and ambitious new commissions by emerging and mid-career artists with a particular commitment to underrepresented voices and international perspectives. The Blaffer's university context gives it both a built-in audience of engaged students and faculty and a freedom to take curatorial risks that strictly commercial institutions cannot afford. The museum's commissioning program has produced significant new works that have entered important public and private collections, establishing the Blaffer as a genuine force in the production and circulation of contemporary art rather than merely a venue for presenting it.
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